Tag: money
When Is The Right Time To Invest?
Do you have an investment strategy? Making money without an investment strategy is like an offense in the NFL going to the line of scrimmage without a snap count.
The Worst Money Mistakes I’ve Ever Seen
Friends always ask, “Why are athletes so bad at money?” The truth is, people are bad at money. Athletes just have more of it to be bad with.
How to Say No to Family
When you are successful, you want to give back to the people responsible for your success, but sometimes you have to say ‘no’ to family, even when it’s tough.
Start the New Year Right: Basic Budgeting to Free Up Your Money
There is nothing people talk about more and do less than budgeting.
4 Money-Saving Tips for Creating a Life Full of “Yes”
As an athlete, I have focused on building almost every muscle in my body — but I had to teach myself to build my money-saving muscle.
7 Simple Defensive Moves to Avoid Bullshitters, Liars and Bad Deals
When I was in the NFL, people asked me for money almost every day. Old friends, strangers, even family would pop out of the woodwork with their hands out. At first I wanted to help everyone, but after a while I smartened up and learned to call bullshit on people with a few key questions.
7 Tips for Financial Freedom: What to Invest In and What to Run From
After 15 minutes of speaking to a group of youth for My Brother’s Keeper, talking about how to buy stocks and the wisdom of owning companies they use and like, one of the young men raised his hand. “So, can I buy stock?” he asks.
Why Athletes Go Broke and How to Avoid It Yourself
I can count on two hands the number of NFL players I know who still have their money. According to Sports Illustrated,1 two years after retiring, three-quarters of NFL players are broke (or nearly), and five years after retiring, more than half of former NBA players are in the same rudderless boat.